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verb

To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring¹. See open/close.

v

Definition: enclose, encircle something
Antonyms: free, let go, release

v. (of troops, police, etc.) encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape: troops surrounded the parliament building.

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A decorative element or structure around a doorway, fireplace, or window; for example, see arch surround, banded surround, door surround, fireplace surround, Gibbs surround, window surround.

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IN BRIEF: Envelop completely. Also: Be around.

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• Hunting Practice and Techniques - surround: hunting method in which prey is chased into location where it is encircled and cannot escape

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Common misspelling(s) of surround

• suround
• surrend

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - omgive, omringe
n. - omgivelse, surround, kantning, bort

Nederlands (Dutch)
omringen, omgrenzen, omsingelen, omgeven

Français (French)
v. tr. - être entouré de, encercler, assiéger, cerner, être lié à
n. - bord, bordure, environs (npl), alentours (npl)

Deutsch (German)
v. - umgeben, umzingeln
n. - Umrandung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιβάλλω, περικλείω, περιτριγυρίζω, περικυκλώνω, περιστοιχίζω
n. - περίγυρος, πλαίσιο, περίφραξη, (Βρετ.) χώρος μεταξύ τοίχων και χαλιού

Italiano (Italian)
circondare, accerchiare

idioms:

• surround with    cingere con

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cercar

idioms:

• surround with    cercar de

Русский (Russian)
окружать, обносить, обрамление, окружение

idioms:

• surround with    окружить себя (кем-л.)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cercar, rodear, circundar, envolver, copar
n. - lo que ciñe o rodea, borde, orilla

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - omringa, innesluta, kringränna
n. - kant (kring matta), infattning, omringning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
包围, 围绕, 环绕, 围绕物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 包圍, 圍繞, 環繞
n. - 圍繞物

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 둘러 싸다, 에워싸다, 두르다
n. - 둘러싸는 것, 가장자리 장식

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 囲む, 包囲する
n. - 飾り縁, 床の四方の縁, 床の縁用のカバー

idioms:

• surround with    ～で囲う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحيط , يطوق (الاسم) طوق , حاشيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקיף, כיתר, אפף‬
n. - ‮שוליים מעוטרים, סביבה, שולי-הרצפה (הרווח בין הקירות למרבד)‬

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